Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, Do not be discouraged by lack of response. In the final analysis you are doing this PAW project for yourself. Of course we all enjoy getting feedback, but most people do not comment most of the time. I personally respond on-list to images where I feel that I have something constructive/intelligent/funny/whatever to say that the wider audience might be interested in or that might start a good thread. Otherwise, if I see an outstanding image, I just drop a private message to the poster. Most of the time I just look and move on--but I do look at almost all PAWs. I did not get any comments on the PAWs I posted this week, but that's fine--I can see from the webalizer tool that a lot of people have looked at them, which is fine. On the picture in question, I largely agree with Lea's comments: a nice family/fun snap which probably is much more meaningful to you than to a global audience of strangers. But if YOU like an image, then post it! Nathan Jim McIntyre wrote: > Hello LUG > > I unsubscribed a few weeks ago. I was a little annoyed with some of the > off-topic chatter, the "cliquish" and self-serving dialogue, and the > general meandering of the group, etc. More to the point, I posted 5 PAW's > in a row, and got zero -- nada -- feedback. I'm under no delusions that > I'm the next HBC, or anything close, but I do think I have something to > offer. And I really do appreciate feedback -- laudatius or otherwise. The > lack of response is worse than negative (and hopefully constructive) > feedback. It's like talking to a dead phone line.... > > However, I have been checking the LUG archives, and looking at the posts. > I've skipped over the more off-topic messages (which admittedly can be > quite entertaining and educational), stayed away from the vitriolic > political threads, and checked all the PAW and photograph postings I > could. The truth is I have valued the feedback I have received in the > past, and knowing I had an "obligation" to keep up my PAW activities for > the LUG kept me active with my camera (no small challenge with rebuilding > a career and 3 kids...). > > So I'm back. And to put my money where my keyboarding is, I've posted a > PAW: > > http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/2004-33.htm > > Slam away, lambaste me for using my nieces and daughter as convenient > subjects, but please, let me know you took the time to view my work, and > by all means let know what I can do to improve. No photographer should > work in vacuum...except to remove the dust from the negatives! > > ciao... > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com